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Category Archives: Track and Turnouts

Bydemill track ready for ballast

The zen of finishing ties and rail

Posted byTrevorFebruary 19, 2025February 19, 2025Posted inGreat Western Railway in 7mm scale, GWR Bydemill (Highworth), Layouts I have designed or built, Track and Turnouts

Testing track finishes

A 6″ study model

Posted byTrevorFebruary 15, 2025Posted inGreat Western Railway in 7mm scale, GWR Bydemill (Highworth), Layouts I have designed or built, Track and Turnouts

Edwardian Interlude – 1st run

From benchwork to layout in just a couple of weeks.

Posted byTrevorAugust 18, 2024August 18, 2024Posted inAchievable Layouts, DCC, Wiring, and Sound, Great Western Railway in 7mm scale, GWR Bydemill (Highworth), Layouts I have designed or built, Operations, Track and Turnouts, Video

GWR roadbed

Ready for rail

Posted byTrevorAugust 1, 2024Posted inAchievable Layouts, Great Western Railway in 7mm scale, GWR Bydemill (Highworth), Layouts I have designed or built, Track and Turnouts

Spiker success

Holy cow: What a brilliant tool!

Posted byTrevorJuly 2, 2024Posted inTrack and Turnouts, Workshop

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Eating the Proto:48 elephant.

Posted byTrevorAugust 30, 2023August 30, 2023Posted inCalifornia Dreaming in Proto:48, Track and Turnouts

SP: 1st rail spiked

Not “fun”, but “satisfying”

Posted byTrevorJuly 20, 2023Posted inCalifornia Dreaming in Proto:48, Layouts I have designed or built, SP Hacienda Branch in P:48, Track and Turnouts

Proto:48 roller gauges

Thanks, Machina Ex Marcus!

Posted byTrevorJuly 20, 2023July 20, 2023Posted inShout Out, Track and Turnouts

SP Hacienda: Ready for Rail

When “distressing” is a good thing

Posted byTrevorJuly 20, 2023Posted inCalifornia Dreaming in Proto:48, Layouts I have designed or built, SP Hacienda Branch in P:48, Track and Turnouts

Ties for Hacienda

Cut, glue, repeat – following SP prototype practice

Posted byTrevorJuly 10, 2023July 11, 2023Posted inCalifornia Dreaming in Proto:48, Track and Turnouts

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